Mary Williams Wynn was the daughter of Benjamin and Tabitha Williams who owned a plantation south of Coffeeville, and a granddaughter of Mary Turley Williams, the widow and daughter of Revolutionary War soldiers.
Robert and Mary Wynn lived near her parents' plantation at the time of their deaths but their were no markers for them found in the Williams family cemetery there.
They had settled earlier (c1848) on a plantation northwest of Grenada on the Tallahatchie County line that was conveyed to R.B. Winter about 1856.
There were "four or five visible mounds" in the Williams family cemetery in 1954 which were clearly graves without readable markers. However, at least two of Robert and Mary Wynn's sons sons were buried at Coffeeville Cemetery and they are thought to be there also.
A family tree and History of Yalobusha County (1982) give her death as 1863. She apparently did die c1863-66, before the 1870 census.
However, her son William T. Wynn's biography states, "After the surrender, Capt. Wynn returned to his home, and remained WITH HIS PARENTS a year. He was then married to Miss Judith M. Jones…" (Goodspeed's Memoirs of Mississippi (1891), vol. 2 p.1080).
Likely post-war conditions were the cause of Robert and Mary Williams Wynn's graves being marked with insubstantial stones in the family Cemetery at Bryant.
History of Yalobusha County [1982] by the Heritage Committee, p.F357:
"The Hon. Robert E. Wynn (1820-1866) came to Yalobusha County when only in his teens, with a brother from Sussex County, Virginia. They were sons of Lyttleton Wynn, and the brother William T. Wynn was the father of Judge James Harper Wynn, mayor of Greenville.
"Robert Wynn married at Coffeeville in February 1838 to Mary Turley* Williams (1822-1863), daughter of Benjamin Williams and Tabitha Williams, of another old pioneer family. They settled 5 miles south of Coffeeville and built a large plantation. He served in the State Legislature in 1854 and 1862, and was buried NEAR BRYANT."
*Note that daughter Susan A. Wynn's death certificate gives her mother's name as Mary Elizabeth Williams.
See The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry Jr., pp.6,9.
Yalobusha Bound (1993) by Chris B. Morgan, p.34.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p.F357
1850 Census, Yalobusha Co.
592/592 R.E. Wellborn (sic) 28 SC (sic) (Robt E Wynn) * Planter $700
Mary " 27 GA (sic) (Mary Williams Wynn)
Benjamine " 9 MS
William " 8 MS
Robert " 6 MS
John " 4 MS
Cynthia " 2 f (sic) (Kershaw 2 m)
Green Williams 9 MS (nephew of Mary)
Mary Williams 5 MS (niece of Mary)
W.S. WENN 30 NC (VA) (William S. Wynne)
593/593 Thos Hardeman 50 TN Planter $10,000
596/594 W.B. Wellborn 40 VA Physician $5,000
In the 1850 census, the census taker lists the entire R.E. Wynn family as Wellborn, obviously confusing them with their neighbor Dr. Wellborn, except for R.E. Wynn's brother shown as W.S. WENN 30 NC (Occupation: "None") . Mary Williams Wynn's nephew and niece, Green Williams 9 and Mary Williams 5, also appear in the Wynn household after their mother's death although they are also listed in their father Robert Williams' household. Two of their siblings also listed at home are simultaneously listed with their grandparents.
The 1850 census shows the Wynns as neighbors of Hardeman, Wellborn and Gentry families, A.J. Johnson, Barksdale, Pate, W.C. Bell, Edmonds, Crews.
BIRTHS & DEATHS
The Williams book (1954) by John Ben Perry just gives the year Robert died and says Mary died about the same time and that family said both were buried in the Williams cemetery though he found no readable markers when he visited there; Hist. of Yalobusha Co. (1982) and Yalobusha Bound by Chris Morgan all give 1863 as Mary's death and 1866 as Robert's death, but Goodspeed's (1891) gives 1866 as Robert's death and states that their son returned home to live with "HIS PARENTS" after service (assumedly c1865), which is why I gave the range 1863-66 for her in the sketch, while showing the 1863 date cited in the other books.
The children of Robert E. Wynn and Mary Williams Wynn were as follows:
1. Benjamin Littleton Wynn b. 1839 MS (who married Fannie E. Leigh and had Leigh 1867,Robt Feb 1870)
2. Capt. William Thomas Wynn (1843-1892) who m.1 Judith M. Jones, m2. Sally M. Cocke
3. Robert Edward 1845-1929 (m.Mary E. Cocke)
4. John 1848 MS (died 1860-1870)
5. Kershaw Williams Wynn 1849-1918 Cass Co, Tx
6. Watkins Wynn born Feb 1853 (living in Calhoun Co., MS. 1900 unmarried)
7. Mary E (Molly) Wynn (1854-79)
8. Susan A Wynn (1856-1931)
9. Catherine (Kate) G Wynn 1859-1934 (m. 1st Edwin T Brown, 2nd Daniel C. Gordon)
10. Martha Agnes b Dec 1859
11. Maud b. July 1865? (1858?)
Goodspeed's (1891) says: "Mrs. Mary Wynn was born in 1822, and was but sixteen years of age when she was married. She had born to her eleven children--six sons and five daughters. All but one lived to be grown, and eight are still living: Benjamin L., William T., Robert E., John (deceased), Kersha(w), Watkins, Mary E. (deceased), Susan A., Kate G., Maud, and Martha (deceased)."
Note that several family trees show Maud as born & died 1858 while Goodspeed's (1891) indicates that Maud was still living in 1891. Goodspeed said 1 of the 11 children died an infant, but only named 10 children. Maud is not on the 1860 census. If Maud was born 1865 as the 1900 census shows, perhaps named after the infant who died, it not only means that Mary Williams Wynn had 12 children rather than 11 but it means that she did not die in 1863 but c1865, perhaps in childbirth or soon after.
Maud Wynn, age 34 and unmarried (born July 1865 MS) is shown in 1900 as a "boarder" at St. Mary's Episcopal School For Girls in Memphis when her elder sister, Sister Susan, was second in command there.
1900 Memphis City Directory, p.1049, also shows Maud Wynn residing there (299 Johnson Ave.), but the 1901 city directory does not.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p. 357: "Capt. Benjamin L. Wynn…was a Confederate officer and served under General R.E. Lee,…, married in 1867 Fannie E. Leigh, of an old Va. And S.C. family. She was an Episcopalian, belonged to All Saints Parish, Grenada. He was a wealthy planter living near Coffeeville, and also served in the State Legislature."
Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman, vol. 3, p. 660; his brother William T. Wynn, pp. 481-82 (abridged, 345).
The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry, Jr., p.9.
Robert and Mary Wynn lived near her parents' plantation at the time of their deaths but their were no markers for them found in the Williams family cemetery there.
They had settled earlier (c1848) on a plantation northwest of Grenada on the Tallahatchie County line that was conveyed to R.B. Winter about 1856.
There were "four or five visible mounds" in the Williams family cemetery in 1954 which were clearly graves without readable markers. However, at least two of Robert and Mary Wynn's sons sons were buried at Coffeeville Cemetery and they are thought to be there also.
A family tree and History of Yalobusha County (1982) give her death as 1863. She apparently did die c1863-66, before the 1870 census.
However, her son William T. Wynn's biography states, "After the surrender, Capt. Wynn returned to his home, and remained WITH HIS PARENTS a year. He was then married to Miss Judith M. Jones…" (Goodspeed's Memoirs of Mississippi (1891), vol. 2 p.1080).
Likely post-war conditions were the cause of Robert and Mary Williams Wynn's graves being marked with insubstantial stones in the family Cemetery at Bryant.
History of Yalobusha County [1982] by the Heritage Committee, p.F357:
"The Hon. Robert E. Wynn (1820-1866) came to Yalobusha County when only in his teens, with a brother from Sussex County, Virginia. They were sons of Lyttleton Wynn, and the brother William T. Wynn was the father of Judge James Harper Wynn, mayor of Greenville.
"Robert Wynn married at Coffeeville in February 1838 to Mary Turley* Williams (1822-1863), daughter of Benjamin Williams and Tabitha Williams, of another old pioneer family. They settled 5 miles south of Coffeeville and built a large plantation. He served in the State Legislature in 1854 and 1862, and was buried NEAR BRYANT."
*Note that daughter Susan A. Wynn's death certificate gives her mother's name as Mary Elizabeth Williams.
See The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry Jr., pp.6,9.
Yalobusha Bound (1993) by Chris B. Morgan, p.34.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p.F357
1850 Census, Yalobusha Co.
592/592 R.E. Wellborn (sic) 28 SC (sic) (Robt E Wynn) * Planter $700
Mary " 27 GA (sic) (Mary Williams Wynn)
Benjamine " 9 MS
William " 8 MS
Robert " 6 MS
John " 4 MS
Cynthia " 2 f (sic) (Kershaw 2 m)
Green Williams 9 MS (nephew of Mary)
Mary Williams 5 MS (niece of Mary)
W.S. WENN 30 NC (VA) (William S. Wynne)
593/593 Thos Hardeman 50 TN Planter $10,000
596/594 W.B. Wellborn 40 VA Physician $5,000
In the 1850 census, the census taker lists the entire R.E. Wynn family as Wellborn, obviously confusing them with their neighbor Dr. Wellborn, except for R.E. Wynn's brother shown as W.S. WENN 30 NC (Occupation: "None") . Mary Williams Wynn's nephew and niece, Green Williams 9 and Mary Williams 5, also appear in the Wynn household after their mother's death although they are also listed in their father Robert Williams' household. Two of their siblings also listed at home are simultaneously listed with their grandparents.
The 1850 census shows the Wynns as neighbors of Hardeman, Wellborn and Gentry families, A.J. Johnson, Barksdale, Pate, W.C. Bell, Edmonds, Crews.
BIRTHS & DEATHS
The Williams book (1954) by John Ben Perry just gives the year Robert died and says Mary died about the same time and that family said both were buried in the Williams cemetery though he found no readable markers when he visited there; Hist. of Yalobusha Co. (1982) and Yalobusha Bound by Chris Morgan all give 1863 as Mary's death and 1866 as Robert's death, but Goodspeed's (1891) gives 1866 as Robert's death and states that their son returned home to live with "HIS PARENTS" after service (assumedly c1865), which is why I gave the range 1863-66 for her in the sketch, while showing the 1863 date cited in the other books.
The children of Robert E. Wynn and Mary Williams Wynn were as follows:
1. Benjamin Littleton Wynn b. 1839 MS (who married Fannie E. Leigh and had Leigh 1867,Robt Feb 1870)
2. Capt. William Thomas Wynn (1843-1892) who m.1 Judith M. Jones, m2. Sally M. Cocke
3. Robert Edward 1845-1929 (m.Mary E. Cocke)
4. John 1848 MS (died 1860-1870)
5. Kershaw Williams Wynn 1849-1918 Cass Co, Tx
6. Watkins Wynn born Feb 1853 (living in Calhoun Co., MS. 1900 unmarried)
7. Mary E (Molly) Wynn (1854-79)
8. Susan A Wynn (1856-1931)
9. Catherine (Kate) G Wynn 1859-1934 (m. 1st Edwin T Brown, 2nd Daniel C. Gordon)
10. Martha Agnes b Dec 1859
11. Maud b. July 1865? (1858?)
Goodspeed's (1891) says: "Mrs. Mary Wynn was born in 1822, and was but sixteen years of age when she was married. She had born to her eleven children--six sons and five daughters. All but one lived to be grown, and eight are still living: Benjamin L., William T., Robert E., John (deceased), Kersha(w), Watkins, Mary E. (deceased), Susan A., Kate G., Maud, and Martha (deceased)."
Note that several family trees show Maud as born & died 1858 while Goodspeed's (1891) indicates that Maud was still living in 1891. Goodspeed said 1 of the 11 children died an infant, but only named 10 children. Maud is not on the 1860 census. If Maud was born 1865 as the 1900 census shows, perhaps named after the infant who died, it not only means that Mary Williams Wynn had 12 children rather than 11 but it means that she did not die in 1863 but c1865, perhaps in childbirth or soon after.
Maud Wynn, age 34 and unmarried (born July 1865 MS) is shown in 1900 as a "boarder" at St. Mary's Episcopal School For Girls in Memphis when her elder sister, Sister Susan, was second in command there.
1900 Memphis City Directory, p.1049, also shows Maud Wynn residing there (299 Johnson Ave.), but the 1901 city directory does not.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p. 357: "Capt. Benjamin L. Wynn…was a Confederate officer and served under General R.E. Lee,…, married in 1867 Fannie E. Leigh, of an old Va. And S.C. family. She was an Episcopalian, belonged to All Saints Parish, Grenada. He was a wealthy planter living near Coffeeville, and also served in the State Legislature."
Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman, vol. 3, p. 660; his brother William T. Wynn, pp. 481-82 (abridged, 345).
The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry, Jr., p.9.
Mary Williams Wynn was the daughter of Benjamin and Tabitha Williams who owned a plantation south of Coffeeville, and a granddaughter of Mary Turley Williams, the widow and daughter of Revolutionary War soldiers.
Robert and Mary Wynn lived near her parents' plantation at the time of their deaths but their were no markers for them found in the Williams family cemetery there.
They had settled earlier (c1848) on a plantation northwest of Grenada on the Tallahatchie County line that was conveyed to R.B. Winter about 1856.
There were "four or five visible mounds" in the Williams family cemetery in 1954 which were clearly graves without readable markers. However, at least two of Robert and Mary Wynn's sons sons were buried at Coffeeville Cemetery and they are thought to be there also.
A family tree and History of Yalobusha County (1982) give her death as 1863. She apparently did die c1863-66, before the 1870 census.
However, her son William T. Wynn's biography states, "After the surrender, Capt. Wynn returned to his home, and remained WITH HIS PARENTS a year. He was then married to Miss Judith M. Jones…" (Goodspeed's Memoirs of Mississippi (1891), vol. 2 p.1080).
Likely post-war conditions were the cause of Robert and Mary Williams Wynn's graves being marked with insubstantial stones in the family Cemetery at Bryant.
History of Yalobusha County [1982] by the Heritage Committee, p.F357:
"The Hon. Robert E. Wynn (1820-1866) came to Yalobusha County when only in his teens, with a brother from Sussex County, Virginia. They were sons of Lyttleton Wynn, and the brother William T. Wynn was the father of Judge James Harper Wynn, mayor of Greenville.
"Robert Wynn married at Coffeeville in February 1838 to Mary Turley* Williams (1822-1863), daughter of Benjamin Williams and Tabitha Williams, of another old pioneer family. They settled 5 miles south of Coffeeville and built a large plantation. He served in the State Legislature in 1854 and 1862, and was buried NEAR BRYANT."
*Note that daughter Susan A. Wynn's death certificate gives her mother's name as Mary Elizabeth Williams.
See The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry Jr., pp.6,9.
Yalobusha Bound (1993) by Chris B. Morgan, p.34.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p.F357
1850 Census, Yalobusha Co.
592/592 R.E. Wellborn (sic) 28 SC (sic) (Robt E Wynn) * Planter $700
Mary " 27 GA (sic) (Mary Williams Wynn)
Benjamine " 9 MS
William " 8 MS
Robert " 6 MS
John " 4 MS
Cynthia " 2 f (sic) (Kershaw 2 m)
Green Williams 9 MS (nephew of Mary)
Mary Williams 5 MS (niece of Mary)
W.S. WENN 30 NC (VA) (William S. Wynne)
593/593 Thos Hardeman 50 TN Planter $10,000
596/594 W.B. Wellborn 40 VA Physician $5,000
In the 1850 census, the census taker lists the entire R.E. Wynn family as Wellborn, obviously confusing them with their neighbor Dr. Wellborn, except for R.E. Wynn's brother shown as W.S. WENN 30 NC (Occupation: "None") . Mary Williams Wynn's nephew and niece, Green Williams 9 and Mary Williams 5, also appear in the Wynn household after their mother's death although they are also listed in their father Robert Williams' household. Two of their siblings also listed at home are simultaneously listed with their grandparents.
The 1850 census shows the Wynns as neighbors of Hardeman, Wellborn and Gentry families, A.J. Johnson, Barksdale, Pate, W.C. Bell, Edmonds, Crews.
BIRTHS & DEATHS
The Williams book (1954) by John Ben Perry just gives the year Robert died and says Mary died about the same time and that family said both were buried in the Williams cemetery though he found no readable markers when he visited there; Hist. of Yalobusha Co. (1982) and Yalobusha Bound by Chris Morgan all give 1863 as Mary's death and 1866 as Robert's death, but Goodspeed's (1891) gives 1866 as Robert's death and states that their son returned home to live with "HIS PARENTS" after service (assumedly c1865), which is why I gave the range 1863-66 for her in the sketch, while showing the 1863 date cited in the other books.
The children of Robert E. Wynn and Mary Williams Wynn were as follows:
1. Benjamin Littleton Wynn b. 1839 MS (who married Fannie E. Leigh and had Leigh 1867,Robt Feb 1870)
2. Capt. William Thomas Wynn (1843-1892) who m.1 Judith M. Jones, m2. Sally M. Cocke
3. Robert Edward 1845-1929 (m.Mary E. Cocke)
4. John 1848 MS (died 1860-1870)
5. Kershaw Williams Wynn 1849-1918 Cass Co, Tx
6. Watkins Wynn born Feb 1853 (living in Calhoun Co., MS. 1900 unmarried)
7. Mary E (Molly) Wynn (1854-79)
8. Susan A Wynn (1856-1931)
9. Catherine (Kate) G Wynn 1859-1934 (m. 1st Edwin T Brown, 2nd Daniel C. Gordon)
10. Martha Agnes b Dec 1859
11. Maud b. July 1865? (1858?)
Goodspeed's (1891) says: "Mrs. Mary Wynn was born in 1822, and was but sixteen years of age when she was married. She had born to her eleven children--six sons and five daughters. All but one lived to be grown, and eight are still living: Benjamin L., William T., Robert E., John (deceased), Kersha(w), Watkins, Mary E. (deceased), Susan A., Kate G., Maud, and Martha (deceased)."
Note that several family trees show Maud as born & died 1858 while Goodspeed's (1891) indicates that Maud was still living in 1891. Goodspeed said 1 of the 11 children died an infant, but only named 10 children. Maud is not on the 1860 census. If Maud was born 1865 as the 1900 census shows, perhaps named after the infant who died, it not only means that Mary Williams Wynn had 12 children rather than 11 but it means that she did not die in 1863 but c1865, perhaps in childbirth or soon after.
Maud Wynn, age 34 and unmarried (born July 1865 MS) is shown in 1900 as a "boarder" at St. Mary's Episcopal School For Girls in Memphis when her elder sister, Sister Susan, was second in command there.
1900 Memphis City Directory, p.1049, also shows Maud Wynn residing there (299 Johnson Ave.), but the 1901 city directory does not.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p. 357: "Capt. Benjamin L. Wynn…was a Confederate officer and served under General R.E. Lee,…, married in 1867 Fannie E. Leigh, of an old Va. And S.C. family. She was an Episcopalian, belonged to All Saints Parish, Grenada. He was a wealthy planter living near Coffeeville, and also served in the State Legislature."
Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman, vol. 3, p. 660; his brother William T. Wynn, pp. 481-82 (abridged, 345).
The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry, Jr., p.9.
Robert and Mary Wynn lived near her parents' plantation at the time of their deaths but their were no markers for them found in the Williams family cemetery there.
They had settled earlier (c1848) on a plantation northwest of Grenada on the Tallahatchie County line that was conveyed to R.B. Winter about 1856.
There were "four or five visible mounds" in the Williams family cemetery in 1954 which were clearly graves without readable markers. However, at least two of Robert and Mary Wynn's sons sons were buried at Coffeeville Cemetery and they are thought to be there also.
A family tree and History of Yalobusha County (1982) give her death as 1863. She apparently did die c1863-66, before the 1870 census.
However, her son William T. Wynn's biography states, "After the surrender, Capt. Wynn returned to his home, and remained WITH HIS PARENTS a year. He was then married to Miss Judith M. Jones…" (Goodspeed's Memoirs of Mississippi (1891), vol. 2 p.1080).
Likely post-war conditions were the cause of Robert and Mary Williams Wynn's graves being marked with insubstantial stones in the family Cemetery at Bryant.
History of Yalobusha County [1982] by the Heritage Committee, p.F357:
"The Hon. Robert E. Wynn (1820-1866) came to Yalobusha County when only in his teens, with a brother from Sussex County, Virginia. They were sons of Lyttleton Wynn, and the brother William T. Wynn was the father of Judge James Harper Wynn, mayor of Greenville.
"Robert Wynn married at Coffeeville in February 1838 to Mary Turley* Williams (1822-1863), daughter of Benjamin Williams and Tabitha Williams, of another old pioneer family. They settled 5 miles south of Coffeeville and built a large plantation. He served in the State Legislature in 1854 and 1862, and was buried NEAR BRYANT."
*Note that daughter Susan A. Wynn's death certificate gives her mother's name as Mary Elizabeth Williams.
See The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry Jr., pp.6,9.
Yalobusha Bound (1993) by Chris B. Morgan, p.34.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p.F357
1850 Census, Yalobusha Co.
592/592 R.E. Wellborn (sic) 28 SC (sic) (Robt E Wynn) * Planter $700
Mary " 27 GA (sic) (Mary Williams Wynn)
Benjamine " 9 MS
William " 8 MS
Robert " 6 MS
John " 4 MS
Cynthia " 2 f (sic) (Kershaw 2 m)
Green Williams 9 MS (nephew of Mary)
Mary Williams 5 MS (niece of Mary)
W.S. WENN 30 NC (VA) (William S. Wynne)
593/593 Thos Hardeman 50 TN Planter $10,000
596/594 W.B. Wellborn 40 VA Physician $5,000
In the 1850 census, the census taker lists the entire R.E. Wynn family as Wellborn, obviously confusing them with their neighbor Dr. Wellborn, except for R.E. Wynn's brother shown as W.S. WENN 30 NC (Occupation: "None") . Mary Williams Wynn's nephew and niece, Green Williams 9 and Mary Williams 5, also appear in the Wynn household after their mother's death although they are also listed in their father Robert Williams' household. Two of their siblings also listed at home are simultaneously listed with their grandparents.
The 1850 census shows the Wynns as neighbors of Hardeman, Wellborn and Gentry families, A.J. Johnson, Barksdale, Pate, W.C. Bell, Edmonds, Crews.
BIRTHS & DEATHS
The Williams book (1954) by John Ben Perry just gives the year Robert died and says Mary died about the same time and that family said both were buried in the Williams cemetery though he found no readable markers when he visited there; Hist. of Yalobusha Co. (1982) and Yalobusha Bound by Chris Morgan all give 1863 as Mary's death and 1866 as Robert's death, but Goodspeed's (1891) gives 1866 as Robert's death and states that their son returned home to live with "HIS PARENTS" after service (assumedly c1865), which is why I gave the range 1863-66 for her in the sketch, while showing the 1863 date cited in the other books.
The children of Robert E. Wynn and Mary Williams Wynn were as follows:
1. Benjamin Littleton Wynn b. 1839 MS (who married Fannie E. Leigh and had Leigh 1867,Robt Feb 1870)
2. Capt. William Thomas Wynn (1843-1892) who m.1 Judith M. Jones, m2. Sally M. Cocke
3. Robert Edward 1845-1929 (m.Mary E. Cocke)
4. John 1848 MS (died 1860-1870)
5. Kershaw Williams Wynn 1849-1918 Cass Co, Tx
6. Watkins Wynn born Feb 1853 (living in Calhoun Co., MS. 1900 unmarried)
7. Mary E (Molly) Wynn (1854-79)
8. Susan A Wynn (1856-1931)
9. Catherine (Kate) G Wynn 1859-1934 (m. 1st Edwin T Brown, 2nd Daniel C. Gordon)
10. Martha Agnes b Dec 1859
11. Maud b. July 1865? (1858?)
Goodspeed's (1891) says: "Mrs. Mary Wynn was born in 1822, and was but sixteen years of age when she was married. She had born to her eleven children--six sons and five daughters. All but one lived to be grown, and eight are still living: Benjamin L., William T., Robert E., John (deceased), Kersha(w), Watkins, Mary E. (deceased), Susan A., Kate G., Maud, and Martha (deceased)."
Note that several family trees show Maud as born & died 1858 while Goodspeed's (1891) indicates that Maud was still living in 1891. Goodspeed said 1 of the 11 children died an infant, but only named 10 children. Maud is not on the 1860 census. If Maud was born 1865 as the 1900 census shows, perhaps named after the infant who died, it not only means that Mary Williams Wynn had 12 children rather than 11 but it means that she did not die in 1863 but c1865, perhaps in childbirth or soon after.
Maud Wynn, age 34 and unmarried (born July 1865 MS) is shown in 1900 as a "boarder" at St. Mary's Episcopal School For Girls in Memphis when her elder sister, Sister Susan, was second in command there.
1900 Memphis City Directory, p.1049, also shows Maud Wynn residing there (299 Johnson Ave.), but the 1901 city directory does not.
History of Yalobusha County (1982) by the Heritage Committee, p. 357: "Capt. Benjamin L. Wynn…was a Confederate officer and served under General R.E. Lee,…, married in 1867 Fannie E. Leigh, of an old Va. And S.C. family. She was an Episcopalian, belonged to All Saints Parish, Grenada. He was a wealthy planter living near Coffeeville, and also served in the State Legislature."
Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman, vol. 3, p. 660; his brother William T. Wynn, pp. 481-82 (abridged, 345).
The Williams Family (1954) by John Ben Perry, Jr., p.9.
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